Crime in the RSA for the financial years 1994/1995 to 2002/2003

Province : North West

Area : Provincial Total

The financial year consists of the months of April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December of a given year and the months of January, February and March of the following year.

Crime Category

April 1994 to March 1995

April 1995 to March 1996

April 1996 to March 1997

April 1997 to March 1998

April 1998 to March 1999

April 1999 to March 2000

April 2000 to March 2001

April 2001 to March 2002

April 2002 to March 2003

Murder

1,216

1,463

1,568

1,320

1,413

1,124

1,077

1,108

1,143

Attempted murder

1,274

1,727

1,890

1,915

1,985

1,940

1,950

2,376

2,190

Culpable homicide

1,083

1,406

1,319

1,263

1,106

925

841

904

931

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

4,738

4,745

3,231

3,563

4,373

4,523

5,732

5,752

5,987

Other robbery

1,949

2,630

3,914

4,468

4,987

5,685

7,053

7,036

7,648

Public violence

37

51

48

43

36

59

75

33

73

Rape

3,973

4,710

4,576

4,734

4,518

4,672

4,716

5,046

5,038

Indecent assault

169

279

327

266

259

327

368

446

510

Crimen Injuria

2,151

2,802

3,116

3,665

3,429

4,560

5,324

5,597

5,338

Child abuse

82

94

114

107

106

131

131

105

187

Kidnapping

188

248

249

252

273

320

285

301

134

Abduction

168

199

170

259

271

276

255

227

309

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

18,580

20,169

20,856

22,230

21,813

23,371

25,062

23,976

25,708

Common assault

11,814

13,676

13,966

14,722

14,655

16,585

17,697

19,249

19,211

Burglary at non-residential premises

6,368

6,890

6,627

6,744

6,952

6,885

7,049

6,661

5,372

Burglary at residential premises

12,677

14,516

14,953

15,886

17,045

18,553

19,620

19,371

20,340

Stock theft

4,270

3,959

3,746

4,194

4,006

3,940

4,044

4,111

4,843

Shoplifting

3,133

3,252

3,044

2,857

2,684

2,658

3,253

3,612

3,563

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

4,260

4,040

3,725

4,173

4,018

4,470

4,042

4,178

3,635

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

5,218

6,597

7,838

8,838

8,619

8,674

9,959

9,223

9,395

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

27,284

28,570

25,986

27,910

31,101

34,627

39,311

39,949

42,602

Arson

709

616

738

705

647

616

651

624

720

Malicious damage to property

7,245

7,978

8,119

8,576

8,506

8,586

9,237

9,752

11,032

Fraud

3,047

3,430

3,285

3,353

3,182

3,473

3,040

2,584

2,703

Drug related crime

2,607

2,495

2,476

2,277

1,964

2,114

2,297

3,142

3,173

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

1,673

1,487

1,437

1,331

1,144

1,108

1,142

1,278

1,227

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

541

689

666

757

792

754

774

855

875

These crimes have already been accounted for under robbery of aggravating circumstances

Carjacking

-

-

514

501

610

734

747

887

430

Truck hijacking

-

-

92

106

128

83

88

105

57

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

27

39

11

38

17

33

29

Bank robbery

-

-

60

74

96

40

56

47

16

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

396

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

217